Is Sugar as Bad as We Think?

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When we talk about sugar, we most often mean white grains of granulated sugar, which consists of glucose and fructose and does not contain vitamins, minerals and dietary fiber. Yes, glucose is an important fuel for brain cells and the body in general, but you can get it from foods rich in carbohydrates. For example, glucose is also found in bread, pasta, and root vegetables. Hence the conclusion: it is not necessary to eat sugar on purpose to obtain energy!

The Actual Sizes of Some Things: 20 Examples With a Comparison!

The truth is, everything in this world is known in comparison! Human vision is an amazing thing, but alas, it is not always possible to trust it. Sometimes, in order to understand the real size of certain things, sometimes familiar to us, things, they just need to be placed next to those whose real sizes we know for sure. You will be surprised how big or small some objects, phenomena or creatures actually are, the real size of which we could not have guessed.

10 Interesting Facts About Hedgehogs

For many people, hedgehogs are associated with cute prickly animals that drag apples and mushrooms on their backs into a hole. In fact, the hedgehog is a predator that eats everything that it can find. And this is far from always mushrooms and berries ...

Al Capone`s Prison

The world's first correctional prison in Philadelphia, with the full name of Eastern State Penitentiary, first received a prisoner in 1829. For more than 100 years of work, a lot of villains and criminals were there, one of which was the well-known mafia boss Al Capone. How was this place different from other prisons and what does it look like now? More on this later ...

27 Reasons Why Google’s Offices are the Best in the World!

It's no secret that Google employees enjoy the sheer number of privileges the company provides them. For example, massage services, cool parties, free delicacies and much more. However, in addition to these bonuses, each employee has the opportunity to work in a unique, high-tech office with a lot of different "frills" for employees. Today you have the opportunity to see how Google offices around the world look like ...

Rare Archival Photos With Arnold Schwarzenegger

During his long career, Arnold Schwarzenegger managed to be a bodybuilder, actor, businessman and even the governor of California, as well as collect many titles and awards. His successes and achievements are an undeniable reason for pride and envy, because Schwarzenegger really has something to respect for. These rare footage and archive photos will remind you what Arnie was like at the dawn of his career and the peak of his youth ...

Animals That are More Photogenic Than You

Previously, people did not believe that animals could smile, and believed that their antics were just muscular reflexes. But these photos will prove the opposite to you - animals are not only able to smile, some of them are even more photogenic than people ...

The Most Beautiful Girls in the World According to Google

Rating is difficult and even pointless, and beauty is a very relative concept, especially when it comes to girls and their external data. But, nevertheless, it is possible to understand which girls are in the TOP taste preferences around the world! The well-known Google search engine ranked the most attractive girls around the world based on the preferences of their users and was not greedy to share it on the network ...

Cars for Export in the USSR

“Volga”, “Moskvitch” and “Lada” managed to see this world beyond the borders of their native country. Soviet cars were quite successfully exported even before the start of the war to countries such as Turkey, the Baltic states and others. In this collection, we will tell you about all the cars that were successfully used not only by russian people, but also by other people ...

20 Little-known Facts About World War II

World War II began on September 1, 1939 with the Nazi German attack on Poland. Subsequently, 61 states took part in this war (this is 80% of the entire globe). The great war claimed the lives of more than 70 million people and became one of the most devastating conflicts in the history of mankind. We prepared the 20 most interesting and little-known facts about the World War II for today's selection.